Statistical models of the effects of tree trimming on power system outages

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1549-1557

  Guikema, Seth D ^a,b   Davidson, R A ^a   Liu, Haibin ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Power distribution maintenance; Power distribution reliability; Statistics; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DUKE POWER SYSTEM; POWER DISTRIBUTION MAINTENANCE; POWER DISTRIBUTION RELIABILITY;

OUTAGES;

EID: 33745603020     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2005.860238     Document Type: Article

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